Stone Cold - Robert Swindells

...:- Stone Cold AUTHOR :- Robert Swindells. MAIN CHARACTERS :- LINK :- Homeless person. Born 20-3-1977 Bradford, Yorkshire. Got 5 GCSE’s but couldn’t get onto a training scheme as they were all full. Got his nick name from a sign post Thames link. Didn’t smoke, then started to after. SHELTER :- Murderer. Aged 47. Ex Army dismissed on medical grounds after 29 years service. Lived at 9 Morington place. SAPPHO :- Cat, bought to make Shelter look ...
...Bruises from lying on stone floors. Depression, stomach cramps from hunger. Fleas, lice, cold, toothache. Hallucinations from hunger. Fright from being kicked around by lager louts or accosted by perverts. Being peed on by dogs or humans whilst sleeping, one mans bed is another mans lavatory. Washing in public lavatories. Cannot get a job looking like a tramp. Cannot get DSS as there is no address to send it to. Lying there counting the chimes ...

gill1960 27.08.2004 · Read full review
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Stone cold, another excellent book by Robert Swindells. It is a moving but truthful novel. It was a really exciting, gripping book to read. It gave me an in site of what homeless people really go though. The novel used techniques that really help to put more suspense and feeling into the novel. One of the most used techniques in the novel is short sentences. Swindells makes the story have great suspense in short sentences. "Oh no lad. Not going ...
...also used to persuade people about something. I thought that stone cold was a very gripping and emotional novel it really helped me to see how hard it truly is for homeless people. The only problem I had with the book is that I think the ending was rushed. ...

kayzschick 26.11.2007 · Read full review
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...things…. Robert Swindells novel, Stone Cold, is written around a murder mystery set in London in the late 1980’s. When RS was writing Stone Cold, to get some background information for the book, he actually spent three nights living rough in the centre of London so that he was able to get just the smallest glimpse of the way that the homeless live. The book focus’ a lot on the social fringes of the homeless and the dropouts in ...
...a home. The story of Stone Cold tells us a lot about the homeless in London, it tells us that there are more people sleeping rough in London than anywhere else in the country. It also tells us a lot about the life and the background of Link, to help us to understand fully about the protagonist’s reasons for being homeless. Stone Cold is a story with a moral. It seeks to entertain, but at the same time to raise awareness of the homeless’ ...

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The book, Stone Cold, written by Robert Swindells, evolves around a teenage boy nicknamed Link, who is having an extremely difficult time dealing with family life, due to his mothers relationship with her rude, arrogant boyfriend Vince. The book follows the 16 year old throughout his journey, showing both the advantages and disadvantages of freedom. It is clear from the start of the book that Link feels uncomfortable in his home. He does not appear ...
...seemed that Link had a good relationship with his sister, Karen. Her boyfriend, on the other hand, stood in the way of their relationship and they therefore grew apart. The short introduction at the beginning of the book gives a good impression as to what his life is like. One quote from the first page which is extremely touching is as follows; ".....I'm invisible, see." Other language similar to this used in the rest of the story, showing a insecure, ...

xjayneyx 01.06.2007 · Read full review
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Stone Cold is one of the best examples of childrens books in many years. It uses an alternating narrative which means that one chapter is from one side of the story (the hero) and the next chapter will be from the others point of view(the villains) This makes the story more exciting and makes you read on and discover the others point of view. Stone Cold is about a homeless boy called Ginger who leaves home after beatings from his stepfather and ...
...the life of a homeless boy in London. Ginger is the hero, but the villian is called Shelter (ironic name) you'll see why later! He wants to rid the streets of "scum" as he calls it. He wants all prostitutes and homeless people dead, and he does this by luring them into his home for a bed for the night and a meal. And you've guessed it, Ginger is to become one of his next victims. This really is an amazing childrens book and you should definitely ...

klapaucius 23.07.2003 · Read full review
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I don’t know why this book is in the children’s section, as although, yes, it is written in a way that is suitable for children as far as language is considered, I feel that it is really more for mature children, definately those over 12. It contains some strong language, though not enough to in any way put you off. I have just started to study this book in English Language, and although we have only just started the project, I found the book so ...
...It tells the story of a man, who is ex-army, and calls himself Shelter and also of a boy, link, and his life on the streets. It is cleverly told through both of their eyes. The man hates homeless people - he thinks they make the streets look messy and that they give the country a bad reputation. So, he decides to try to get rid of them - by killing them. He pretends that he owns a Homeless persons Shelter, and coaxes the unsuspecting victims to his ...

snow_queen 09.02.2004 · Read full review
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I have just studied this book at school for part of my English coursework. At first I thought it would be just another boring book that the school would of chosen but as i quickly got into it I found I really liked it. This book is about a newspaper reporter who pretends she is homeless just to follow the life and to write a report about shelter (The homeless boy). By the end of the story she finds out where the missing homeless in the area have ...
...his house and killing them for not getting a job in the army. When shelter finds out that the girl that pretends is homeless is a newspaper reporter he gets furious, she offers him a job in the company but he refuses. I have really bad concentration and this is one of the only books I have read at school that I have actualy got into. ...

dave1232 19.10.2007 · Read full review
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what can i say? i'm sure you don't want to read reams and reams of writing about this book when i can tell you all you need to know in much less, about 200 words! i bought this book about 2 years ago and i think i have worn the pages through i have read it so many times! it was recommended to me by my english teacher so i got myself down to my local waterstones to pick up a copy for myself. at six ninetynine i am more than pleased that my teacher ...
...swindells, has written a wide variety of books about real life, everyday things happening all around us whic go unnoticed more often than not. this story in particular follows the lives of two main characters; link, a down and out who has moved to London to try and make it, and shelter, a mean murderer out to free the streets of scroungers! each chapter alternates pages between the two characters diary entries, yet link is unaware of what a brilliant ...

emilym 30.04.2004 (02.05.2004) · Read full review
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stone cold by robert swindells. this is an amazing book i had to read this with my class in school and we all loved it. we also watched the drama version that was on bbc ages and ages ago but it is nothing compared to the book in the book you have more detail. the book is about a boy link who becomes homeless on the streets and has to learn that theres no point attatching yourself to someone because they would just leave you .her main character ...
..."scum" as he would call them. so he has to lie to them to get them to go back to his and then he would kill them and put them under the floorboards and im not going to say any more as i dont want to wreck the ending i love this book i would definatley read it again. ...

rockchick2k7 19.10.2007 · Read full review
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Stone cold is about a boy called Link whos father left him and his mother years ago. His mother has met a new man called Vince who is horrible. Link soon decides to leace home after Vince beacomes unbearble. He borrows money from his siter Carol to pay for a one way ticket to London. When he gets there he has a rough time until he meets Ginger. Ginger teaches him the ways of the homeless people and they soon become firm friends. When Ginger dissapears ...
...find out about shelter who wants to clear the streets of homeless people. He does this by murdering them.It dosnt take a genius to work out that Link is the next to be killed. this story is definatley one to read. It shows the ups and downs of living on the street also peoples different views on homeless people. The story is good all the way through but i think the ending is a bit weak. It builds up to a good climax then it just ends. I was a bit ...

candysweetie1993 27.09.2006 · Read full review
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It was OK but some bits were not the goodest they could of been like the Quidditch match when Gryffindor win. ...

Aguuu 08.04.2008 (18.02.2008)
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